Lula reaffirms Tebet’s pre-candidacy for the Senate and declares support for the minister

The holder of the Planning and Budget portfolio announced, on March 12, that she will run for a seat in the Casa Alta for São Paulo

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Lula and Alckmin invited Tebet to join the team in São Paulo

The president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) said this Thursday (19) that the Minister of Planning and Budget, Simone Tebetyou will have your support to run for the Senate in São Paulo. The head of the Executive gave a statement during a Workers’ Party event, in São Bernardo do Campo, that .

On April 12, Tebet announced that he will run for a seat in the Upper House. we racks, the minister holds talks with the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) and considers leaving the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB). If the subtitle migration is confirmed, allies believe that the movement can strengthen the construction of a ticket in São Paulo with Lula in the race for re-election and Haddad at Palácio dos Bandeirantes.

According to Tebet herself, the invitation to run as a candidate for São Paulo came from the head of the Executive and vice-president Geraldo Alckmin (PSB). , the São Paulo ticket is not yet defined. The discussion should only advance in April. Internally, there is an understanding that the Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva, should also run for the Senate for the state.

, the PT assesses that a name from the center “would be welcome” to form the ticket with Haddad for the São Paulo government. The caption seeks a person with ability to dialogue with productive sectors and the marketsegments considered “more refractory” to the caption.

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